We’re entering a key phase: scaling our product and engineering organization to support our rapid growth.

As our first Engineering Manager, you’ll partner with Xavier (CTO & Co-founder) and Alex (Head of Engineering) to shape our engineering structure, strengthen mentorship, and help the team deliver at scale — while preserving the craftsmanship and culture that define ScorePlay.

What you’ll do :

1. Lead and grow your team

• Manage, mentor, and support a team of 4–6 engineers.

• Coach junior and mid-level developers through regular 1:1s, code reviews, and project check-ins.

• Build a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and psychological safety — where engineers ask for help early and learn continuously.

• Define career paths and growth frameworks that help your team thrive as we scale.

2. Own technical delivery

• Own and continuously improve the delivery rhythm of your feature team — from scoping and design to shipping and QA.

• Translate product goals into clear technical plans in close partnership with PMs and Design.

• Proactively identify blockers, quality risks, and technical debt — and help the team navigate them effectively.

• Stay close to the code: review architecture proposals, debug complex issues, and occasionally prototype or ship small fixes when it helps the team move faster.

3. Bridge the gap between product, engineering, and customers

• Partner closely with PMs to prepare pre-planning sessions and ensure smooth, productive grooming cycles.

• Collaborate directly with customers’ technical teams on API integrations and enterprise workflows when needed.

• Bring a technical voice into product discussions — ensuring what we build is feasible, scalable, and maintainable.

4. Shape the future of our engineering org

• Design and implement the processes, rituals, and best practices that will help us scale sustainably.

• Partner with Alex and Xavier on org design, hiring, and onboarding for future engineers.

• Champion a clean, elegant, and scalable mindset across the teams — from code reviews to architecture decisions.

Why ScorePlay?

Here are a few signs you might love working at ScorePlay:

• You’re passionate about sports and excited to build tech that empowers clubs, athletes, and media teams to tell their stories at global scale.

• You love turning chaos into clarity — bringing structure, mentorship, and technical excellence to fast-moving teams.

• You want to shape how a product used by the world’s top sports brands evolves, both technically and organizationally.

• You thrive in a hands-on leadership role — close enough to the code to stay credible, but focused on helping others grow and ship better every week.

• You’re motivated by impact, autonomy, and ownership — defining what “great engineering” looks like as our first EM.

• You want to join a profitable, fast-scaling startup where engineering feels personal, collaborative, and deeply product-driven.

• You’re drawn to international, ambitious teams (15+ nationalities, Paris ↔ New York) who care about craft, performance, and culture as much as growth.

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, including at least 2–3 years leading people (Tech Lead or EM).

• Strong technical foundation in backend systems — ideally Go, but we value architectural depth over language expertise.

• Experience mentoring developers, running 1:1s, and improving team velocity and code quality.

• Skilled at balancing technical depth with empathy and communication.

• Excited to still be hands-on at a strategic level — reviewing, unblocking, prototyping — without being in the sprint delivery loop.

• Experienced in a high-growth startup or scale-up (10–50 engineers) where process and structure were being built.

• Stage 1: Applied

• Stage 2: Initial Screening

  A brief conversation to learn more about your background, experience, and motivation. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the role and ScorePlay.

• Stage 3: Manager Screening

• Stage 4: Case Study / Technical Assessment

  Format: Take-home assignment, followed by a review interview

  You’ll complete a practical exercise or case study designed to assess your skills and problem-solving approach relevant to the position. This will be followed by a review session with the team to present your results and discuss your approach.

• Stage 5: Cultural Fit

  A conversation focused on your working style, values, and how you collaborate in a team setting. This is also an opportunity to learn more about ScorePlay’s culture and day-to-day environment.

• Stage 6: Founder’s Chat

  Meet with: Vic, Co-founder & CEO or Xav, Co-founder & CTO

  A discussion with one of our co-founders to learn more about ScorePlay’s mission, discuss your career aspirations, and assess your potential impact on our journey.

• Stage 7: Reference Calls

• Stage 8: Hired